help with cincy sho hood

[edmontonsho]

My body shop is having a hard time with the cincy sho latch mechanism on my gen one hood. Should the factory latch fit directly into the square cutout in the underside of the hood? They believe there should be some sort of rod or something inside the cutout.

I've read through some threads on the hood and noticed most people use hood pins, is this why?

 

[LOUDSHO92]

It should fit just like the regular hood. Most use hood pins as the hood is lighter and can fly up but this more for CF. Just have them line it up like the regular hood and then move it to best fit.

 

[DDakRT]

It should fit just like the regular hood. Most use hood pins as the hood is lighter and can fly up but this more for CF. Just have them line it up like the regular hood and then move it to best fit.

Yep, my gen II Cincy fits just like the factory hood. I did have to modify the latch as it was sitting too high for the hood to close properly. I cut the bottom of the latch mounting bracket off and moved the assembly lower to have it sit right.
That's the major reason I'm running hood pins, I didn't trust the 2 8mm bolts holding my hood down.

Better safe than sorry.

 

[HoustinoJillian]

yeah ditto on the latch. my car does not have hood pins, and in the 3 years i've owned it (plus however many chris was running the hood) I've had 0 problems or worries. i'm not gonna say don't use them, but i don't think you need them for the fiberglass hood. the newer noncincy CF hoods, yes i think they're needed.

 

[BlackonBlack89]

My body shop is having a hard time with the cincy sho latch mechanism on my gen one hood. Should the factory latch fit directly into the square cutout in the underside of the hood? They believe there should be some sort of rod or something inside the cutout.

I've read through some threads on the hood and noticed most people use hood pins, is this why?

The latch goes into the hood cutout. The latch actually hugs the driver side part of the square.(right side of the sqare if looking at car from front) Its actually is right next to the top of the latch. then is just locks in and the second lock latchs when it pushed down fully. Hope that helps I didn't install mine but I just went out and looked at it.

For hoods pins mine 91 hood doesn't have'em. Its seems to hold pretty good. I do 80 all the time on the highways and does fine. If i were road racing i would get them though....

 

[edmontonsho]

Thanks guys. I keep telling my body shop it should work but they don't believe it. By the time they putz around with it enough to figure it out it would probably just be cheaper to get them to put in some hood pins. I ended up buying some hood pins with locks that sit flush to the hood. Only 30 something bucks for the pair.

hopefully this is the end of the issues with this hood from ****.

 

[Mels]

Hmmm. Something just doesn't sound right, Lindsey.

 

[DDakRT]

yeah ditto on the latch. my car does not have hood pins, and in the 3 years i've owned it (plus however many chris was running the hood) I've had 0 problems or worries. i'm not gonna say don't use them, but i don't think you need them for the fiberglass hood. the newer noncincy CF hoods, yes i think they're needed.

I'm not sure how yours fit Justin, but like I said about mine, I had to cut the bottom of the bracket off and the ONLY thing that would have been keeping the hood from flying up are the 2 8mm bolts.

I didn't have enough confidence in those 2 bolts holding the latch assembly in place, not necessarily concern about the hood itself (although I'd still want to pin it down even if the latch is uncut, the latch area of the hood just doesn't seem all that strong).

 

[edmontonsho]

How did your guys's hood line up? Booth to the front fender and the headlight/grille? Over all it looks good, but when you look closely the gaps look pretty obvious.

Between the 5 month delay from paying for it to actually getting it, having to modify it when I was told it would bolt right up, and the poor fit i'm somewhat dissapointed.

 

[SinisterSHO]

FWIW, the carbon fiber hoods do not weigh much less than the fiberglass ones and are basically constructed the same.

 

[LOUDSHO92]

FWIW, the carbon fiber hoods do not weigh much less than the fiberglass ones and are basically constructed the same.

The Fiberglass hoods weigh around 40lbs and the CF hoods weigh around 23lbs.

 

[edmontonsho]

well, it looks pretty bad ass from the drivers seat!

 

[DDakRT]

I have a few pics of my hood here:
http://www.shoforum.com/showthread.php?t=81625

I guess the gen II hoods fit better than their gen I cousin...

 

[SinisterSHO]

The Fiberglass hoods weigh around 40lbs and the CF hoods weigh around 23lbs.

Then how much does a stock hood weigh? The CF hoods are basically a fiberglass hood with one carbon fiber layer on the top. I really doubt it drops 20 pounds.

 

[DDakRT]

Then how much does a stock hood weigh? The CF hoods are basically a fiberglass hood with one carbon fiber layer on the top. I really doubt it drops 20 pounds.

When I weighted my unpainted Cincy hood it was about 26lb.

 

[Mad Celt]

I'll weigh up my plus hood tonight so we can have them all!

 

[Storm-Chaser]

Hear-hear!

Let's get weights for all three !

 

[SinisterSHO]

FWIW, Kris and I were talking about the gen 2 cowl hoods. I'm not sure how much different a stock gen 1 vs. gen 2 hood is, either.

 

[LOUDSHO92]

Stock hood is around 60lbs.

 

[Storm-Chaser]

The weights need to be "standardize" - by that I mean, stripped. No hinges, no latches, no hood-pin plates, no engine pad - nothing.

Otherwise any differences in weight are biased (ie. meanless).